title: [Dental care of aging patients].
abstract: Our examination of elderly and ageing patients presented four essential classifications, including those with: 1. sufficient natural dentition; 2. dentition, with numerous missing teeth, in need of functional restoration; 3. groups of teeth remaining, but on the verge of edentulousness; 4. edentulousness with dentures in need or replacement or improvement. For the above, we recommend the following treatments, respectively: 1) prophylactic topical fluoride treatments with custom trays; 2) extendable hybrid constructions--preferably with the implementation of a telescoping design; 3) partial dentures designed for easy extension; 4) no new dentures, but rather the step-by-step correction of the old dentures.
authors.affiliation: Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik A, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marxkors
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wolowski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016321:Dental Care for Aged; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D003824:Denture, Complete; D003829:Denture, Partial; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009910:Oral Hygiene
vernacular_title: Zahnärztliche Betreuung alternder Patienten.